Lionel Messi - v7

[putogusiluz8]

The only Maradona has over him is his mad character. He did not shy away. He's an antagonist. Leo has to be a protagonist to be at his best; that means having love and support of the fans, teammates, good vibe around him. Then he's unstoppable. When he feels good. Maradona however was a hellraiser, he did not give a fuck. This is one thing I cannot attribute to Leo. He's otherwise hands down the better player. Just my opinion.

 

[MagIX]

People bring up Argentina all the time, but Maradona had a better overall team with the national team. Messi has never had a consistently good Argentina team. And when you look at Maradona's goalscoring record for Argentina, it isn't all that great. Yeah, he had an amazing World Cup, but he never always carried the Argentina team. He played in 4 World Cup tournaments and only scored 8 goals..... 5 of those goals came in the 1986 tournament.

Don't make me laugh please.
WC 1986 Argentina scored 14 goals, 5 goals Maradona and 5 assists Maradona, and what a goals!, not tap in. Do you remember the goal of the century ?
His performance at that WC was probably the best performance ever in a WC. He was a leader, a motivator, with him in the team, his teammates have always played better.In the WC 1990, thank to a fantastic assist to Caniggia,in the knockout stage Argentina won 1-0 vs the eternal and hated rival Brasil, despite Brasil dominated the whole match... these goals are gold worth, you have to be there in the important moment. For these reasons Argentina will always love him. Not because someone score 2000 goals without winning nothing.
Goalscoring... in this case CR is better than Maradona, beyond rediculous.

Said that, I consider Messi better than Maradona, not techically, but as overall player.

 

[Andresito]

Messi masterclass incoming tonight.

 

[vegitot]

Don't make me laugh please.
WC 1986 Argentina scored 14 goals, 5 goals Maradona and 5 assists Maradona, and what a goals!, not tap in. Do you remember the goal of the century ?
His performance at that WC was probably the best performance ever in a WC. He was a leader, a motivator, with him in the team, his teammates have always played better.In the WC 1990, thank to a fantastic assist to Caniggia,in the knockout stage Argentina won 1-0 vs the eternal and hated rival Brasil, despite Brasil dominated the whole match... these goals are gold worth, you have to be there in the important moment. For these reasons Argentina will always love him. Not because someone score 2000 goals without winning nothing.
Goalscoring... in this case CR is better than Maradona, beyond rediculous.

Said that, I consider Messi better than Maradona, not techically, but as overall player.

how come messi not technically better than maradona?
maradona had more tricks in his play than messi but that does not mean he was technically better. messi does everything with very less tricks and so simple that make people think he isnt skillfull,completely wrong.
just like cruyff said playing simple football is the hardest.messi is the one who play simple football

 

[bismp]

The man is playing 4D chess on the field but his teammates cannot string two passes together,it’s an absolute shame

 

[Ripsta]

Been reduced to minimal touches because the midfield is so bang average (De Jong aside), yet still managed to create two quality chances, unlucky not to score and made some of the Madrid players look like fools.

He needs support big time, Messi in this Real Madrid side would have put the game to bed inside 20 minutes.

 

[Andresito]

Goal please Leo.

 

[clemente]

Fucking unreal first half, it's insane to think if there was 2 Messi's on the pitch, he got the ball forward many times but there is nobody to finish it, or when he tried to stay forward, Madrid had like 15 chances snowballing us

 

[ThwiX]

He actually seems really motivated tonight, but his teammates are really trying their best to limit his influence. Every time he had the ball RM were pissing themselves.

 

[CatalinR10]

Our best player first half. Has to do everything yet again cause the midfield is nonexistent.


His 2 passes to Alba were Messi goat class but of course he fucked them up.

 

[Raki13]

Hes going to have to do it all by himself once again.

 

[Ripsta]

If he had any common sense he'd be requesting a transfer ASAP. Got a few top years left, your records are safe, why allow the club to continue wasting that precious time?

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Poor guy playing for this shit team. We need control in midfield so we can utilize him. He is going to waste..

 

[Messigician]

Was good but as usual no one to finish his chances he set up.

 

[JohnN]

I think he gave up on the second half.. looking at our football it's understandable.